Comedian Russell Peters: ‘Sometimes the Truth Hurts’

By

Shibani Mahtani

May 9, 2012 SGT

Russell Peters began his stand-up career in Toronto back in 1989, long before the word “viral” meant anything. It was only when someone began uploading clips of him performing on Canadian TV series “Comedy Now!” that he became a household name, with fans from Lebanon to Indonesia earning him millions of hits on YouTube, not to mention millions of dollars.

His current Notorious Tour has taken him from the Middle East to South Africa, Thailand and Singapore, and he’s about to perform in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.

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